SHIPPENSBURG - After Tiny World, an attraction in Shippensburg that features miniature buildings and towns, had a projector stolen, a local company intervened to help give back what the organization had lost.

On Dec. 5, Tiny World posted to its Facebook page that someone had stolen the projector. Wendell Myers, who manages the attraction and whose wife, Donna, owns Tiny World, said he was opening up for the night when he went to plug in everything and then looked down and noticed one of the two snowflake projectors was gone.

"It looked like someone just pulled it out of the ground and went over and unplugged it," he said.

The attraction has had several items stolen from it throughout the years, but the projector, which cost about $40, is one of the more expensive items someone has ever taken, Myers said. Even though no one probably noticed the missing projector, it personally impacted him, he said.

"It's more of an emotional thing for me and my wife," he said. "We take our time to do this, and then for somebody to come up and just start taking, it's bad enough we have people that break (the plexi glass around the buildings)."

Luckily for Myers, a cashier at Lowe's in Shippensburg saw Tiny World's Facebook post and told the store manager what had happened. Manager Scott Uhler then contacted Myers' wife about donating a projector.

"One of our core values here at Lowe's is being part of something bigger and doing what we say we're going to do," Uhler said. "That's what we're here for in the community, to help out. Yes, obviously we want to sell things, but when the community's in need or somebody's in need in the community, we're here to help out also."

Myers was excited that the company recognized Tiny World and what the attraction means to the community.

"That makes me feel good that they want to help out, because it does take a toll on the money situation and keeping things going." he said.

As of now, Tiny World has no plans to close. Myers promised his father-in-law, Ernest Helm, before he died that he would keep the attraction going. However, Myers also said that if items continue to be taken, "we'll probably eventually make a decision not to do it anymore."

Tiny World is open to the public from 5-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 5-10 p.m. Friday through Saturday. For more information, visit Tiny World's Facebook page.